ĐỀ THI HSG HUYỆN – TIẾNG ANH 9

Năm học: 2013 – 2014

Thời gian: 155 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)

Phòng GD&ĐT An Nhơn

I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the
others (0,5 pts).

1. A. carol B. habit C. graze D. match

2. A. sound B. southern C. drought D. mountain

3. A. headache B. character C. stomach D. challenging

4. A. ploughs B. contacts C. stops D. talks

II. Choose the word that has the main stress differently from the others (0,5 pts).

1. A. deposit B. festival C. institute D. resident

2 A. activity B. electricity C. simplicity D. pollution

3. A. achievement B. experiment C. explanation D. discovery

4. A. surprising B. astonishing C. amazing D. interesting

III. Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences. (8.0 pts).

1. Milk bottles can be _____________________after being cleaned.

A. recycled B. reused C. broken D. reduced

2. It was raining heavily __________________we arrived home.

A. while B. until C. because D. when

3. She asked me ____________________I liked eating chocolates.

A. if B. and C. that D. but

4. You look _____________________than last year.

A. much tall B. more tall C. much taller D. more taller

5. What ____________________advice she gave us !

A. so good B. such good C. a good D. good

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 6. My dog as well as my cats ____________________twice a day.
A. eat B. eats C. has eaten D. have eaten

7. When I came into the class, I realized I knew ______________________.

A. them all B. all them C. they all D. all of they

8. Do it right now, ___________________ ?

A. do you B. aren’t you C. will you D. don’t you

9. We ____________________for her for ten minutes.

A. wait B. waited C. are waiting D. have been waiting

10. His father is not interested in tennis and ____________________.

A. he doesn’t, either B. so doesn’t he
C. neither does he D. neither is he

11. The little girl wasted half an hour ___________________for her picture book.
A. look B. looking C. to look D. looked

12. ____________________does it take you to do the washing ?

A. How fast B. What time C. How long D. How often

13. Your hair is long. Are you going to _____________________ ?

A. have it cut B. have cut it C. be cutting it D. have it cutting

14. Would you like tea or coffee? – I ____________________drink tea than coffee.
A. would like B. would prefer C. would rather D. would wish

15. It is high time you ______________________more attentive in class.

A. are B. were C. must be D. have been

16. He was _____________________that we turned off the TV set immediately.

A. so bad singer B. such bad singer
C. such bad a singer D. so bad a singer

IV. Fill in each blank with an appropriate preposition (2pts)

1.It’s very difficult to find work _____________________the moment.

2.This service is free _____________________charge.

3 In many ways you take _____________________your mother.

4. This computer is still _____________________guarantee.

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 5.Money is not essential _____________________happiness.

6. She is ______________________far the best teacher I have ever had.

7. Parents are naturally anxious ______________________their children.

8. I’m sure you will succeed ______________________this entrance test.

9. We try to prevent people _____________________littering.

10. I’m going to complain to the principal ____________________this.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

V. Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D ) for each space (3pts)

English is the first language of many people in countries outside the United Kingdom.

When you…1… speakers of English from around the world, you …2…. notice that they
do not all speak in the same way. There are also some …...3…... in the words they use,
including the names of …4…. objects that are part of everyone’s daily life. But although
pronunciation and …5… are not the same everywhere, it is interesting that English
speakers…6…. opposite sides of the world can understand …7… other quite easily. It
does not seem to …8… where they learnt the language. And of course this is one reason
why speakers of other languages are keen …9… learning English too. If you know
English, you are more…10… to be able to study or work in all sorts of exciting places,
such as the United States or Australia.

1. A- recognise B- meet C- find D- attend

2. A- originally B- strangely C- curiously D- immediately

3. A- mistakes B- corrections C- changes D- differences

4. A- common B- popular C- favourite D- general

5. A- reading B- composition C- dictation D- vocabulary

6. A- of B- in C- from D- at

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 7. A- each B- one C- the D- some

8. A- mine B- care C- matter D- worry

9. A- by B- on C- to D- for

10. A- likely B- probably C- possibly D- luckily

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

VI. Supply the correct form of the verb in brackets ( 1pts)

1. What you ( do ) after you ( go ) home yesterday?

2. Before leaving home in the morning, she (tell) her mother she (work) in the factory
that afternoon.

3. I realised that someone ( steal ) my wallet when I ( feel ) his hand in my pocket.

4. She (be) here but she (go) down with flu.

5. Bill (have) breakfast when I (stop) at his house this morning.

1 2

3 4

VII. Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting
(2,5pts):

1. Would you like me helping you with your homework ?

A B C D

2. Meat must keep in a refrigerator or it will spoil.

A B C D

3. There is a cat sitting in the middle to the road.

A B C D

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 4. Tom is always forget his keys and that really annoys me.
A B C D

5. She spends her free time to visit galleries and museums.

A B C D

6. Our teacher told that the sun always rises in the east.
A B C D

7. She had the gardener to plant some trees.

A B C D

8. Come up to my place and we will discuss it.

A B C D

9. He has repeated urged the government to do something about this.

A B C D

10. I have to fetch the kids at school at 4 o’clock.

A B C D

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

VIII. Rewrite each of the following sentences so that it has a similar meaning to the
original one (2,5pts)

1. She speaks English well.

She is a __________________________________________________________

2. I haven’t seen them for a long time.

It’s ______________________________________________________________

3. Mai is better at English than Lan.

Lan doesn’t _______________________________________________________

4. Why don’t you ask her yourself ?

I suggest _________________________________________________________

5. We left quietly so that we wouldn’t disturb the children.

So
as_____________________________________________________________

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 6. What a pity I don’t have a laptop.
I wish ___________________________________________________________

7. You shouldn’t touch that switch.

If I ______________________________________________________________

8. The furniture was too old to keep.

It was ____________________________________________________________

9. People say football is the best game to play.

Football __________________________________________________________

10. “Can you do me a favor ?” she said to me.

She ______________________________________________________________

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